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Police say meth found in car at traffic stop

Police pull over a speeding driver in Clarksville and make a shocking discovery.

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Updated: 10:51 PM EDT Jul 18, 2013

Police say meth found in car at traffic stop

Police pull over a speeding driver in Clarksville and make a shocking discovery.

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Updated: 10:51 PM EDT Jul 18, 2013

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WEBVTT ADDITIONAL CHARGES. POLICE PULL OVER A SPEEDING DRIVER IN CLARKSVILLE.. AND MAKE A SHOCKING DISCOVERY. AND NOW... THESE THREE PEOPLE ARE FACING SERIOUS CHARGES TONIGHT. MATT MCCUTCHEON EXPLAINS WHAT BECAME A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR POLICE AND NEIGHBORS... IT'S A STORY YOU'LL ONLY SEE ON W-L-K-Y. NEIGHBORS WATCHED IT ALL UNFOLD. ON A NORMAL DAY, KIDS WOULD BE SHOOTING HOOPS HERE, BUT THURSDAY THIS BASKETBALL GOAL WAS USED AS AN ANCHOR TO ROPE OFF THE AREA. IT ALL STARTED WHEN POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF THIS GREEN SATURN WAS SPEEDING. A CLARKSVILLE OFFICER THEN CALLED FOR BACK-UP. --NATS OF MAIKO BARKING-- CLARKSVILLE'S K9 "MAIKO" SNIFFED AROUND THE CAR, AND IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL DETECTIVES SAY THEY DISCOVERED METH INSIDE. THE INDIANA STATE POLICE METH UNIT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. OFFICERS HAD TO SUIT UP IN THE SWELTERING HEAT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM WHAT COULD BE INSIDE THE CAR. --NATS OF FIRE DEPT-- THEN, THE DREADED DISCOVERY: INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY UNCOVERED TWO ACTIVE METH-MAKING CONTAINERS IN THE CAR, MAKING IT MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON STANDBY IN CASE OF AN EXPLOSION. WEARING MASKS, OFFICERS THEN PAINSTAKINGLY TOOK APART THE LAB, SEARCHING THROUGH BAGS AND CLOTHES AND TAKING PICTURES. CONTAINERS WERE EMPTIED AND ONCE SAFE, PLACED IN BUCKETS TO BE HAULED OFF FOR EVIDENCE. Police say 42-year-old Allison Beckett, 47-year-old Rodney Roudenbush, and 48-year-old Lena Peyton WERE ALL IN THE CAR AND WERE HAULED TO THE SLAMMER. ALL THREE SUSPECTS HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS IN CLARK COUNTY.

Police say meth found in car at traffic stop

Police pull over a speeding driver in Clarksville and make a shocking discovery.